Author: Glenn M. Parker
Publisher: Jossey-Ba
Keywords: strategies, developing, successful, collaboration, new, revised, players, teamwork, completely, updated, team
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2008-02-08
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0787998117
ISBN-13: 9780787998110

Praise for Team Players and Teamwork "In the new edition of Team Players and Teamwork Glenn Parker updates his landmark compendium on the essential effect of cross-functional teamwork to encompass the added complexities of globalization facing team leaders and team members in the twenty-first century. Anyone participating on or managing members of a cross-functional team will benefit from reading this essential guide to successful teamwork." -Jeffrey W. Warmke, vice president, global project management and leadership, Daiichi Sankyo Pharma Development "Glenn Parker has the unique combination

Author: Glenn M. Parker
Publisher: Jossey-Ba
Keywords: bass, jossey, business, management, series, strangers, enemies, functional, teams, working, allies, cross
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2002-12-26
List price: $37.00
ISBN-10: 0787960853
ISBN-13: 9780787960858

In this completely revised version of his best-selling book, Cross-Functional Teams: Working with Allies, Enemies, and Strangers, author and consultant Glenn Parker updates his definitive practical guide to include his recent work in team rewards and recognition, communications technology, and multicultural and virtual-team issues. This new edition contains fresh examples and additional case studies of successful cross-functional teams from IBM, Parke-Davis, Xerox, Boeing, BOC Gases, government agencies, and more. Parker offers concrete advice and inspiration to team leaders, team members, and

Author: Glenn M. Parker
Publisher: HRD Press
Keywords: building, team, instruments
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2000-01
List price: $99.95
ISBN-10: 0874254450
ISBN-13: 9780874254457

This new collection of instruments provides team building practitioners with tools designed to assist in the development of individuals, teams, and organizations. The instruments range from very simple, self-scored tools, to more complex assessments that provide in-depth information on teams. All of the instruments are fully reproducible which makes them a very cost-effective alternative to in-house development or off-the-shelf instruments. Provides survey tools for three areas of team development Effective team players-these instruments help team members, team leaders, and team coaches

Author: Glenn R. Parker
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Keywords: society, seeking, rent, congress
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 1996-03-15
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0472106627
ISBN-13: 9780472106622

Skillfully blending historical data with microeconomic theory, Glenn Parker argues that the incentives for congressional service have declined over the years, and that with that decline has come a change in the kind of person who seeks to enter Congress. The decline in the attractiveness of Congress is a consequence of congressional careerists and of the growth in the rent-seeking society, a term which describes the efforts of special interests to obtain preferential treatment by using the machinery of government--legislation and regulations. Parker provides a fresh and controversial perspecti

Authors:Glenn M. Parker, Robert Hoffman,
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: meetings, results, lead, tools, excellence, meeting
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2006-02-03
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0787982814
ISBN-13: 9780787982812

Meeting Excellence is a comprehensive resource that provides a wide range of ready-to-use tools that have been developed and tested by a meeting initiative within Novartis Pharmaceuticals. It is based on years of research observing team meetings, examining existing meeting documents, and conducting a number of intensive individual interviews in the U.S. and Europe. This important book offers the information and tools needed to prepare, facilitate, and follow up on all your meetings. Step by step, Meeting Excellence shows how to Create an action-focused meeting agenda

Authors:Glenn Parker, Richard P. Kroop Jr., Lisa Wood,
Publisher: Human Resource Development Press
Keywords: activities, series, vol, building, team
Number of Pages: 236
Published: 1992-02
List price: $149.95
ISBN-10: 0874251745
ISBN-13: 9780874251746

Create high performance teams with these collections of fully reproducible activities. All the activities employ the principle of "learning by doing" to ensure that the skills the participants learn can be applied to real work situations. Volume 1 contains creative training activities which focus on the building blocks for teams such as communication, leadership, conflict resolution, and decision making. These activities are ideal for team leaders who are looking for creative activities to energize their teams but do not have the time to develop them. All of the activities are ready-

Author: Valada Parker Parker FlewellynSanford Historical
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Keywords: america, images, sanford, americans, african
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2009-08-05
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 0738567620
ISBN-13: 9780738567624

African Americans of Sanford have served in the building of this great nation since their participation in the three Seminole Wars. They were a large part of the labor force that earned Sanford the distinction of “Celery Capital of the World.” The residents of Sanford and its surrounding communities of Goldsboro, Georgetown, Bookertown, and Midway/Canaan work tirelessly to nurture and protect their families. Their stories are a vital ingredient in Sanford’s folklife performance, “Celery Soup.” Crooms Academy gave service to African Americans in the area from its founding in